This article explores allegations that the think tank Labour Together paid a PR firm to investigate journalists. The claims, originally published by the Substack Democracy for Sale, state that the group hired APCO Worldwide to look into reporters from the Guardian and the Sunday Times, among others, in an attempt to identify their sources.

This move reportedly followed a Sunday Times story regarding donations made to the think tank. According to the article, Labour Together was previously run by Morgan McSweeney, who is now the prime minister's chief of staff, and later by Josh Simons, who currently serves as a Cabinet Office minister. Sources close to McSweeney said he was not involved in the decision to hire APCO.